Dallas Stars Blog

Lockout log, Day 79: NHL owners, players to have talks on Tuesday

LAST NEGOTIATIONS: Thursday, Nov. 29, with federal mediators in New Jersey.

NEXT NEGOTIATIONS: Tuesday in New York. The NHL and the players’ association have set up a meeting consisting of six players and six owners, plus staff and counsel from each side but without NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr.

GAMES LOST: 423 (all games through Dec. 14, plus New Year’s Day Winter Classic and All-Star weekend).

WHAT WE MISSED: A light two-game schedule was lost Monday night, including a cross-border matchup in Toronto between the visiting Buffalo Sabres and the host Maple Leafs. The teams were separated last season by nine points in the Northeast Division, with Buffalo finishing in third place with 89 points and Toronto coming in fourth. Neither team made the playoffs.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: St. Louis forward David Perron scored at 6:21 of the first period in his return to the Blues lineup after missing 97 games because of a concussion. Perron, injured on a high check from San Jose’s Joe Thornton on Nov. 4, 2010, made an impact quickly when he got back on the ice against the Chicago Blackhawks.